Labor and Greens commit to supporting ANAM redevelopment

$12.5 million has been promised to help complete structural building works at South Melbourne Town Hall, ANAM’s former home.
South Melbourne Town Hall in happier days. Formerly the home of ANAM, the building has been closed since 2020. The photo shows a brightly lit Victoria-era edifice at dusk, including its dominant central clock tower.

In late March, the Australian Greens announced they would push for a $12.5 million investment to help complete structural building works at South Melbourne Town Hall, so that the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) could move back into its former home.

The Greens spokesperson for Arts and Communications, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, added: “The Greens are the party of the arts and we are proud to support one of Melbourne’s cultural icons. It’s an institution that promotes excellence in Australian classical music and creates jobs in our creative industries.”

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts